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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Nature and Aim of Fiction, Writing Short Stories and On Her Own Work.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sort of eyes did O'Connor prefer chickens to have?
(a) Very small and oval-shaped.
(b) One big and one little.
(c) One green and one orange.
(d) A shade of light blue.

2. How long does it take for a cock's plumage to attain its pattern?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 5 weeks.

3. What does O'Connor say the serious writer is interested in?
(a) Studying and learning.
(b) Getting outside of their comfort zone.
(c) The habit of art.
(d) Pleasing the reader.

4. In which novel does O'Connor say all its sentences could be examined with wonder?
(a) Madame Bovary.
(b) The Great Gatsby.
(c) The Pit and the Pendulum.
(d) Uncle Tom's Cabin.

5. Who called art "reason in making"?
(a) St. Petroc.
(b) St. Kea.
(c) St. Thomas.
(d) St. Mark.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the man selling fence posts get rid of his peafowl?

2. Granville Hicks reviewed a novel by whom?

3. What artist was John Peale Bishop referring to when he claimed that you cannot say this person painted apples and tablecloth and say what he has painted?

4. Which of O'Connor's relatives refused to accept that her story about a man who leaves his wife at an eatery was complete?

5. What did O'Connor see in the book "Believe It or Not"?

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